Whatever culture shock Robert Sikatzki is experiencing as a Fairview High School exchange student, it hasn't affected him as a varsity swimmer.

It's actually been the other way around for the Leipzig, Germany, native, who's made himself feel at home with the PIAA's defending Class AA team champions.

"It's an amazing feeling to come to America and swim," Sikatzki said during Saturday's 30th annual Iroquois Coaches Swimming Invitational. "It's just what I love."

Sikatzki's results from that meet proved as much. The junior was voted its outstanding swimmer and led the Tigers to their fifth consecutive title.

The highlight of Sikatzki's four wins that day was the final of the 100-yard backstroke. His low time of 52.28 seconds was good for meet and pool records.

Sikatzki also won the meet's 200 freestyle final (1:46.49) and comprised legs of Fairview's victorious 200 medley (1:40.81) and 400 free (3:22.31) relays.

Iroquois' invitational capped a week that saw Sikatzki set two other pool records.

He was timed at 4:50.56 in the 500 free when the Tigers visited the Braves for a Region 2 meet Jan. 14. Three days later against the visiting Girard YellowJackets, he lowered Fairview's boys standard to 21.74 in the 50 free.

"He's one of those guys that when the lights come on, he's ready to go," Tigers coach J.R. Jensen said of Sikatzki.

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